FLINT, MI – Glen Rice Jr. didn't make history in the 2013
NBA Draft as the first development league player taken in the first round, but
he was selected.

After leading the Rio Grande Valley Vipers to a D-League
title as a rookie, the Philadelphia 76ers picked Rice Jr. with the 35th
overall selection in the second round of Thursday's draft but later traded him to the Washington Wizards, according to multiple sources.

Washington packaged both of its second round picks, Nate Wolters and Arsalan Kazemi, to acquire him.

Rice Jr.'s draft stock rose after
averaging 25 points, 9.5 rebounds, and 4.3 assists in the Vipers' postseason
run to a title.

In the regular season, Rice Jr. scored 13 points per game
and grabbed 6.2 rebounds.

"I think he's a player that can make an impact in this
league," said ESPN analyst and former NBA player Jalen Rose. "I think he's
going to be a player that makes that team."

Rice Jr.'s father, Glen Rice, was a 1985 Flint Northwestern
High School graduate who led the Wildcats to back-to-back state titles as a
junior and senior. He also won a national championship at the University of
Michigan in 1989 and a NBA title with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2000.

Glen Rice was the fourth overall pick in the 1989 NBA Draft,
selected by the Miami Heat. The Flint native was known for his sharpshooting in
the NBA and was voted into three All-Star games, winning the All-Star MVP in
1997. Rice Jr. was born in Marietta, Ga., but definitely knows his background
about the area.

"Being raised by a Flintstone makes you tougher,"
Rice Jr. told MLive-The Flint Journal in April. "(My dad) basically tells
me to do me and tries to encourage me. He tells me little things and he watches
all of the games so he gets to see what I do wrong, what works and he's just
always encouraging. I try my best to implement it in the game."